[KCDXC] IARU HF World Championship

Mon, 15 Jul 2002 09:45:47 -0500

One thing to remember on the HF bands. Follow the sun with your antennas.
Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Alan KI7WO
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 1:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [KCDXC] IARU HF World Championship

Hi Tom,

Operated a new station this time, first shot at a High Power Solo
operation.  I have learned a lot about the difference between a good
operator and a good station setup.  Having a big tower & Amp makes some
difference compared to a QRP (80 watts) station & a ground mounted
vertical antenna HOWEVER.......................................

I think that the biggest lesson learned is that superior equipment does
not compensate for inadequate operator skills.  The learning process
continues.

Next time I need to find out more information ahead of time about
Propagation and expected band openings.  Kind of like where to point the
antenna at what time of day and whom to expect to hear when.    I am sure
that this is all old news to the "Old Timers" but I think that I missed a
lot of the world because of looking the wrong direction at the wrong time
(and the Solar Flare didn't help either).

Results:

operated Sunrise to Sunset Saturday

20M     144Qs   18Zones 28 HQs
15M     108Qs   19Zones 18HQs
===================================
Total   252Qs   37Zones 46HQs

IARU Score : 68,890

High Power SSB & Lo Power CW. Had problems with the Amp Keying line
-wasn't quick enough for CW and no CW filter in the radio (hard to hear).

The best part of all was working a couple of new ones:  4W6MM and 9Q0AR

Alan [email protected]
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